It was weird, he acted so hurt that people called him out, but not cos he was wrong, but because of the bottom line.
And also, tip of the iceberg, He's also racist as fuck, and vocal about it
I think your comparison with drugs and doctors is flawed, but the shitty thing is that it's also true. There's a lot of paying off of doctors to prescripe particular drugs.
In any case, it cannot be compared to guitars and people just trying to make a buck by shilling their shit on youtube...